Coral Smuggling

[m0nkie]

reef builder article!

Multiple Marinelife Dealers Indicted By Grand Jury For Coral Smuggling

Here’s a pro tip, don’t transport corals in a Pringles can, either to smuggle them or like ever. A grand Jury is indicting several persons and companies for alleged smuggling of wild corals, both into and out of the United States.

One case involves some dubious paperwork regarding corals originating from Vietnam, which seemed like it may be opening up to coral collections several years ago, but which has already resulted in one big bust in the United Kingdom. It’s always hard to get coral exports started in a new country so this case might have been a mixup of legalese and paperwork.

But one of the other cases is hard to misread; Jorge Vazquez, 39, of Garden Grove packed corals into Pringles cans and then the coward placed these in his mother’s luggage, not even his own! We just can’t help but chuckle at the sight of customs officials lifting up the Pringles cans to discover they weighed significantly more than potato chips ever should.

It’s important to note that when these cases get reported by ‘mainstream media’ they often use a generous helping of hyperbole to describe these alleged crimes. Despite a few bad apples and some run-ins with the law, the marine aquarium trade is highly self-regulating and real, egregious smuggling of live coral is incredibly rare. [U.S. DOJ]

 

[savethereef]

Oh My

 

[BeanMachine]

reef builder article!

I think we all know this person... wow

No you don't. :wavehand: Not the same person.

 

[five.five-six]

Oops.

 

[dodgerblew]

No you don't. :wavehand: Not the same person.

If you're intel is accurate, I'm happy to hear it

 

[bobafet1]

who ya'll talking about?

 

[BeanMachine]

If you're intel is accurate, I'm happy to hear it

Straight from the horses mouth. :wavehand:

 

[rvareef]

once you pop the fun dont stop

 

[pga7602]

Straight from the horses mouth. :wavehand:

Where did the horse call you from?

 

[dodgerblew]

Where did the horse call you from?

Post of the day :rollface:

 

[KWoo008]

Not gonna lie... Saw colonies of fat head Dendros in Hong Kong and briefly thought about ways I could bring them home. Then the thought of getting caught/fines/court/jail/shame kicked in. LOL

 

[Jadams]

I saw this on the news lastnight...SMH

 

[BeanMachine]

Where did the horse call you from?

:spin1: lol

 

[ycnibrc]

How much can u make selling coral in mexico lol?

 

[rorroreef]

A lot more than you can in 3rd world countries. Contrary to popular and racist beliefs, there's a lot of rich reefers in Mexico.

 

[AdrianOcampo]

A lot more than you can in 3rd world countries. Contrary to popular and racist beliefs, there's a lot of rich reefers in Mexico.

Yup! Tis true


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[dodgerblew]

A lot more than you can in 3rd world countries. Contrary to popular and racist beliefs, there's a lot of rich reefers in Mexico.

I've never thought about reef keeping in Mexico. What popular and rascist beliefs are there?

 

[BeanMachine]

#fakenews

 

[pga7602]

I've never thought about reef keeping in Mexico. What popular and rascist beliefs are there?

Guy walks into a bar in Tijuana.........

 

[mannyhernz]

Will this affect the coral hobby in a way?

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